The Masonic Watchtowers
by Fritz
Springmeier, Bloodlines of the
Illuminati, Pages 334-335
Enochian Magic
The Masonic Lodges are usually given a number and then are named after the
location they are at. For instance, in Oregon something like 9 out of 10 lodges
are named after the town that they are in. However, some of the lodges are named
after famous Masons such as Franklin, Lafayette, and Washington. Others are
named after Masonic themes Mystic Tie, Mystic Circle, Rising Sun, New Jerusalem,
and Mizpah. Mizpah? What is Mizpah? The Watchtower Society tells us in the issue
of the Godlen Age 3/26/24, p. 387, that Mizpah translates Watchtower. The Hebrew
word Mizpah (also spelled Mizpeh, and Mitspeh) occurs only once in scripture.
And the use of the word Mizpah among the Masons is interesting.
This author has located 4 Masonic chapters so far in the world that are named
Mizpah, and three of these are in C.T. Russell’s area of Pennsylvania. These are
all York Rite (R.A.M.-Royal Arch Masons) lodges like Russell belonged to. They
are Mizpeh Chapter No. 288 R.A.M. of Allegheny, PA, Mizpah Chapter No. 252 R.A.M.
Mahonoy City, PA, and the Mizpah Chapter 96 of the Grand Commandery of Knights
Templar of PA.
What could be important enough to Masonry to call their lodges Watchtowers? The
highest Masons, who get cryptic and mystic, are exposed to Enochian magic, where
the use of the magical watchtowers is the key, the heart so to speak, of
Enochian magic.
It is interesting to note that several of the Masons who founded new cults were
fascinated in the name and person of Enoch, for instance Joseph Smith Jr. and
Charles T. Russell.
Joseph Smith (Founder of Mormons LDS) gave himself the name Enoch, called his
first community the City of Enoch, and created communal Order of Enoch. Further,
Joseph Smith, following the Jewish pseudepigraphic Book of Enoch’s story,
purports to narrate Enoch’s experiences in the Book of Moses. (Joseph Smith, as
the reader remembers, wrote the Book of Moses.) Joseph Smith in fact believed
that Freemasonry went back to Enoch. In Joseph Smith’s day it was popular for
Masons to trace Freemasonry back to Enoch. It is not so much in vogue now.
Freemasons believed that the correct pronunciation of the sacred name of the
Tetragrammaton had been revealed to Enoch. In Enochian magic the Tetragrammaton
plays an important part. Each letter represents a different element.
“…Enoch may be considered as representative of that class of mankind which in
the future will be in harmony with God and have eternal life—the ones who will
be brought to perfection during the Millenial Age.”—Charles T. Russell, 1907.
Russell was careful not to exceed what he could appear to back with scripture,
and he was not about to break his Masonic oath of secrecy and blab about Enoch
and Enochian magic. However, Russell can still be recognized as having put an
inordinate amount of emphasis on Enoch. For instance, Russell says what happened
to Enoch “seems to be one of the secret things which Moses says belong unto God.
Deut. 29:29” WT Apr. & May 1884. Russell pointed out on numerous occasions that
Enoch was the 7th man from Adam, and that this means he was the perfect man.
This view was still coming out in the Watchtower as late as 1941. The WT Society
has been fascinated by Enoch’s transformation, but have been variable in their
explanation of it. In 1943, the WT Society tells us that “Enoch was put into a
trance” That ‘God gave him a final vision of the New World…” and that when Heb.
11:5 says God “transferred him” that it meant God granted Enoch a vision of the
New World. This was a change from Russell’s belief (based on speculation or
something else?) that God likely too Enoch to another planet. Also that year,
the WT Society tells us that Enoch was the first man to prophesy of Christ.
This is just a glimpse of Russell and the WT Society’s fascination with Enoch.
Now we will discover what Enochian Magic is about.
The Magical Watchtowers
Twice a month, a magazine called the Watchtower goes out in 105 languages in
about 13 million copies per issue. (Actually minor foreign language editions lag
behind the English editions, so that the 13 million copies are not issued
simultaneously.)
Yet no one has explained why Charles T. Russell chose the Watch Tower as the
name and central idea of his new religion, many return-to-the-Bible movements,
for instance, Campbell’s Church of Christ churches, have eschewed being
associated with any symbology. The idea of the Watch Tower must have been very
important to Russell for him to have situated it as the central symbol for his
movement. Was he thinking that a tower towered him above others? Or was it
because ancient Watch Towers could view approaching armies and thereby warn of
approaching battles? Or was it chosen because Masons have been associated with
building castles and cathedrals?
Each of these explanations put forth, has some merit. But there is another
explanation. One that seems bizarre, in fact so bizarre that this author
dismissed it until such time as he was able to confirm C.T. Russell’s Masonic
membership.
C.T. Russell’s membership records in the Masonic Knights Templar are kept in
Ireland. The Blue Lodge records belong to the Grand Lodge of PA. Lady
Queensborough in her book Occult Theocracy published in 1933 notes on page 737
C.T. Russell’s Masonic membership. His Masonic membership must have also been
common knowledge to those associated with him, and those acquainted with the
prominence Russell gave to the Knights Templar logo. While there were no
Adventist magazines prior to Russell’s ‘Watchtower’ magazine that used the word
Watchtower, it appears that the Masonic magazine Mizpah could have served as
example to Russell. The Masonic Mizpah magazine, and a Masonic article in an
early Masonic Review with the title “Watchman what of the night” do prove a
similarity here between that Masonic thinking and Russell’s magazine.
Evidence shows C.T. Russell was not only a high freemason, but prominent in
their schemes, in other words he was a key player. Watchtowers are very
important to the very highest Freemasons. The highest secret knowledge of many
Masonic rites including such rites as the Scottish Rite, the Rite of Memphis,
the Rite of Mizraim, etc. is concentrated in a high level group of Illuminati.
One group of the Illuminati is the O.T.O. The initials O.T.O. can stand for
several names, one being Ordo Templi Orientis (The Order of Oriental Templars).
Its esoteric name is Order of To Ov. Its members also have been referred to as
the Great White Brotherhood or Atlantean Adepts, and have worked with the B’nai
B’rith. There are four separate groups of OTO lodges, each contains hard core
occultists.
The OTO Illuminati teach their select group of initiates Hermetic Science
(occult knowledge), magick (called Holy Magick of Light), Mysticism, and Yoga of
all forms. The OTO during C.T. Russell’s lifetime established in every important
metropolitan area, including New York, a secret hidden centre (Collegium ad
Spiritum Santum) where members could carry out their “great work” concealed
without interference.
However, each Illuminatus is nothing if he is not able to practice the Magick
that gives him a knowledge of the Watchtowers and the ability to enter the four
Watchtowers.
Is this bizarre? Why doesn’t C.T. Russell mention any of this in his writings?
This author must without reservation remind the reader that C.T. Russell would
never have mentioned anything of his higher esoteric Masonic knowledge to
anyone. The penalties for revealing such higher secrets are harsh. This author
knows of some cases where men who talked were killed. Obviously, without
presenting any proof on that point, the reader is simply advised that the higher
echelons in the esoteric group of Illuminism rarely lose their initiates,
because they are so sold out/and trapped in their allegiance to the occult
world.
C.T. Russell was in the public eye. Everything he published was with the public
eye in mind. No one should expect to find any notes or slips about Masonic
activities or beliefs in Russell’s writings. As with all occult organizations a
veil of secrecy is maintained by requiring initiates to take secrecy oaths on
penalty of death. As in Witchcraft, Masonry repeatedly demands secrecy oaths at
every new level. Charles T. Russell began participating in this secrecy when he
took the Entered Apprentice (first Masonic degree) oath on penalty of mayhem and
violent death, “I…do hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely promise and
swear that I will always hail, ever conceal and never reveal any of the arts,
parts or points of the secret arts and mysteries of ancient Freemasonry which I
received, am about to receive, or may hereafter be instructed in…”
C.T. Russell followed a policy of backing everything he said with Bible verses.
If he could not establish a point by twisting Scripture in some fashion, or
using some type of reasoning, then he would generally avoid publishing the
point. What needs then to be looked for are occultic strains of thought that
seeped into his bible explanation, because they had a possible Scriptural
explanation. There are a number of statements by Russell that are clues and
evidence of ties to the magic of Watchtowers.
WHAT ARE THE MAGICAL WATCHTOWERS?
Watchtowers are regions of the Magical Universe. The tope of Magic that uses
these regions is called Enochian Magick.
According to occultists, Magic is merely the use of hidden laws to bring about
the will. Every person has a spark of divinity—a inner God, also called an angel
or Holy Guardian Angel. The Magician is to get in touch with his Angel—his
divinity. This is where his knowledge of the Watchtowers is helpful. Enochian
Magick claims for itself two unique elements: an original language and the map
of the indivisible worlds. The Indivisible worlds are known as the Magical
Universe. The map of this Magical Universe contains 4 Enochian regions called
Watchtowers. These are the Watchtower of Fire, the Watchtower of Air, the
Watchtower of Water, and the Watchtower of Earth. These 4 regions are often
symbolized in ancient esoteric manuscripts. The following are the 7 planes and
their regions on the map.
Occult planes Enochian Regions
Divine…
Spiritual….. Table of Union
Casual……. Watchtower of Fire
Mental……. Watchtower of Air
Astral…….. Watchtower of Water
Etheric…… Watchtower of Earth
Physical…
Should all the bodies of the planes (except for the physical) be collectively
taken together, the Magician calls this the Body of Light. New Age, Masonic, and
Rosicrucian Magicians will then speak in terms of leaving their bodies and
entering into the Watchtowers (the Body of Light). To be an advanced magician,
you must be able to enter the Watchtowers.
It is an established fact the Illuminists all learn this Magic and practice it.
An example of how esoteric knowledge then became associated with the royal house
of Guise and Lorraine (which is part of the 13th Illuminati bloodline) is that
the first edition of Corpus hermeticum (pub. In 1549) was dedicated to Charles
de Guise, the Cardinal of Lorraine and brother of Marie de Guise, who married
James V of Scotland and who bore Mary Queen of Scots.
Under the cover of being zealous Catholics, the house of Guise and Lorraine
spread esoteric knowledge. Men like Sir William Sinclair (of the 13th Illuminati
bloodline) imported the esoteric knowledge into Scotland. Another figure was the
Scotsman, James Beaton, the Scottish ambassador to France, who was also the
former Archbishop of Glasgow and who worked with the house of Guise and
Lorraine.